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...Worse, she thought, was the blow to CalPERS' long-held national reputation as an advocate for responsible corporate governance. When Connell brought up the issue - repeatedly and forcefully - she was dismissed by other board members, the minutes show. "Enron had a question mark by their name and yet we were willing to go in the back door and make money off of the deal. I thought that was unseemly...
...evidence is mounting that would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid, once thought to have acted alone, actually had the support of an Islamist terror network. French authorities now believe the network included a Parisian cell that has so far eluded detection. Reid tried to blow up an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami last December with explosives in his shoes. French justice officials tell TIME that Reid, 28, who trained in al-Qaeda camps, repeatedly contacted fellow extremists while in Paris in the weeks before his planned attack. Reid told authorities he bought the explosives in the Netherlands...
...Harvard Square’s many restaurants. Particularly tasty is the Border Café, a restaurant that celebrates the rich cuisine of the U.S.-Canadian border. Try the savory Molson-battered smoked meat platter for $10 ($30 Canadian; 493-7788, open daily 1pm-midnight). If you want to blow your budget on one meal, head to The Wrap, Cambridge’s only internationally recognized four-star eatery. Particularly outstanding dishes include the Unevenly Distributed Scoops of Rice and Unidentifiable “Meat” in a Tortilla Which Is Hot in Some Places and Disturbingly Cold in Others...
...risk of being called a homer, this one’s a no-brainer. Winter has softened the blow of Clemente’s departure as well as anyone could have hoped. Offensively, he’s discovered some nifty low-post moves to go along with a reliable mid-range jumper that has him averagining 8.6 ppg. Defensively, he has settled into his body and, against Penn last month, Winter outmuscled Penn’s ultra-talented Ugonna Onyekwe. Harvard has not given up anything on the boards with Winter, either. The 6’6 forward is pulling...
...really thought through why he or she wants the position. You would be surprised at the number of students who can’t answer even basic questions about why they applied to us. For example, our firm deals predominately with tech companies. The kids that always blow us away are those who can name the tech firms they like and then engage in real conversation about the sector...